Which to use
“croises” is a verb and “crosses” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,966
- “croises” frequency rank
- #47,268
- “crosses” frequency rank
- 78234
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | croises | crosses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de croiser. | Pluriel de crosse. |
Where the eye mixes croises and crosses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. croises (CCVVCVC) and crosses (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between croises and crosses
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: croises is \kʁwaz\ while crosses is \kʁɔs\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - i in “croises” becomes s in “crosses”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
croises is recorded at frequency rank #30,966, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁwaz\. crosses is at rank #47,268, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɔs\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 78234, this pair ranks #26,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of croises vs crosses
Shared letters: ceors. Private to "croises": i. Private to "crosses": -.
"croises" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "crosses" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "croises" and "crosses" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "croises" vs "crosses" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "croises" and "crosses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "croises" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crosses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "croises" and "crosses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causses vs crosses". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #26,297 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.